As a result of son-preference cultures where males are prized over females, the practice of abortion disproportionately impacts little girls, who are subject to violence and discrimination before they are even born.

A New Zealand couple has shared a heartbreaking story about a surrogate who aborted their baby without their knowledge.

The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case concerning Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban under the “Gestational Age Act”.

ABC’s RN Breakfast interviewed Associate Professor Catherine Kevin from Flinders University about the abortion bill that will go to South Australia’s lower house for debate next week. Professor Kevin is a member of the South Australian Abortion Action Coalition.

It is common in our culture to hear the sentiment “I wouldn’t do XYZ but it’s not for me to tell others what to do”. Not only is it a statement devoid of any substance or personal conviction, but it is generally unhelpful or even harmful to the “others” it references.

By Rachael Wong 

Over the past two weeks, thousands of people in Poland have been protesting a new Constitutional Court ruling that found abortions on the basis of disability unconstitutional, demanding for women to have “freedom of choice”.*

By Dr Emma Wood

Like NSW, Queensland, and Victoria before them, South Australia is now considering a bill to allow abortion up to birth.  In statements from the politicians involved, one sees the familiar employment of pro-woman rhetoric in the name of the abortion cause.  Abortion is a “health issue”.  Abortion is necessary for women’s health, and so the ethics of abortion should no longer be a talking point.

By Rachael Wong

Michelle Lensink MLC has introduced a bill into South Australia’s Upper House that will legalise abortion up until birth.

By Rachael Wong, originally published in The Spectator Australia

Today is the International Day of the Girl Child, an opportunity to address the unique challenges girls face around the world and to promote girls’ empowerment and the fulfilment of their human rights.

By Rachael Wong

Today marks one year since the controversial Abortion Law Reform Bill passed the NSW Parliament – a tragic step backwards for women and children in NSW.